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How do I activate a paid subscription?

If you purchased Avast AntiTrack Premium through another Avast program or the Avast Store, your license is activated automatically. If you purchased Avast AntiTrack Premium before installation, you need to manually activate the application:

Locate your order confirmation email.

Scroll down to the Activation code section of the email and either copy or write down your Activation code.

Open the Avast AntiTrack user interface.

Review the welcome tutorial by clicking Next.

When prompted, type or copy your Activation code.

Your Avast AntiTrack Premium license is now activated. For detailed instructions, refer to the following article:

Where can I find a copy of my activation code?

After you purchase Avast AntiTrack Premium, a confirmation email with your activation code is sent to the email address provided during the purchase process. If you are unable to locate the email, use our webform or your Avast Account to re-send your activation code to the email address used for your purchase.

What should I do if my purchased activation or subscription doesn't work?

If Avast AntiTrack Premium does not accept your activation code:

Use our webform or your Avast Account to re-send your activation code to the email address used for your purchase, then activate the subscription again.

How do I uninstall Avast AntiTrack Premium?

General

What is Avast AntiTrack Premium?

Avast AntiTrack Premium is a privacy application designed to keep your identity safe from the latest online tracking techniques.

Avast AntiTrack Premium injects fake information into the data that makes up your digital fingerprint. This action changes what information trackers and third parties can see about you. Avast AntiTrack Premium also clears tracking cookies from your browser.

What is online tracking and how does it affect me?

Online tracking is the process of gathering information about you through sophisticated analytics embedded on websites. Information gained via online tracking is used to create your unique online profile (or digital fingerprint), which allows advertisers to identify you online. This can affect you in several ways:

Advertisers may use information about your online behavior to spam you with targeted advertising.

Certain websites may also show higher prices for products that you have been researching online, such as plane tickets.

Many of your favorite websites store huge amounts of information about you, which is vulnerable to data breaches. If this data is breached, third parties can access and use your personal data.

How am I leaving tracks online?

Many of the websites you visit download cookies to your browser, or identify you by unique data on your device. This information is used to identify you when you return to the site or any other site participating in the same tracking system.

What is a digital fingerprint?

When you visit a website, you usually provide data related to your device configuration, browser, and online behavior. This is continuously stored and builds as you continue to interact with websites. Almost every website collects user data via the same types of advertising networks, which means that all your online activity is tracked and added to your own unique online profile. As you repeatedly visit your favorite websites, access your online accounts, shop online, and fill various forms, your online profile behaves like a "digital fingerprint", which you leave everywhere you go on the web.

Your digital fingerprint is not connected to your actual identity, but it can be used to create an accurate profile of you as an individual. Online tracking techniques study your interests, age, religion, medical issues, income, expenses, shopping habits, and other highly personal information. While this helps sellers personalize their ads, it can also represent a violation of your privacy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are files that websites, trackers, and third parties leave on your browser, which allow them to view your online activity. Targeted ads, which are ads that appear to match your online activity, are a direct result of cookies on your browser. Cookies may also cause websites to display higher prices for products that you have been researching online, including plane tickets. To prevent targeted ads and to protect your privacy online, it's important to clear your cookies regularly.

What is browsing data?

Browsing data is information which is often stored in your browser when you interact with websites. Browsing data allows anybody else who uses your PC to view your search history, and see which websites you have visited. In addition, browsing data allows websites to automatically fill forms and keep you logged into your accounts after you close a browsing session. Although this can be convenient, it also puts your privacy at risk and may allow third parties to access your private data. Avast AntiTrack Premium makes it easy to remove browsing data. You are always prompted to select which types of data you would like to remove before clearing browsing data.

Does Avast AntiTrack Premium block ads?

Avast AntiTrack Premium is not an ad blocker and you will probably still see ads on some of your favorite websites after installing the application. However, Avast AntiTrack Premium prevents trackers from gathering information about your online behavior and stops you from seeing targeted ads (for example, an ad for a product you recently viewed).

How do I use Avast AntiTrack Premium?

For instructions on configuring and using Avast AntiTrack Premium, refer to the following article:

How is Avast AntiTrack Premium different from an antivirus or VPN product?

Antivirus products are designed to protect your PC from security threats, such as viruses, trojans, and malware, but will not prevent online tracking. VPN products are designed to hide your location by encrypting your connection. However, when you use VPN alone, trackers can still identify you based on your device, browser, and online behavior. Unlike antivirus and VPN products, AntiTrack Premium is designed to prevent third parties and advertisers from tracking your online activity.

Is there a free trial of Avast AntiTrack Premium available?

Avast AntiTrack Premium is not currently available as a free-trial version. To use this application, purchase a subscription via the Avast Store.

Features

How can I find out which websites are attempting to track me?

Double-click the Avast AntiTrack Premium icon on your desktop, or on your Windows taskbar, to open the user interface.

From the Privacy Status screen, it is possible to view the most recent attempts to track you in the Tracking Activity box. For each attempt, you can see the Tracking Source and the website that you were tracked from. The Privacy Status screen also displays:

Top Tracking Websites: the 5 websites that you have been tracked from most frequently.

Total Tracking Attempts Blocked: The number of times that Avast AntiTrack Premium has blocked attempts to track your online behavior during the current day, week, month, year, and since you started using the application.

For a more extensive view of your tracking history, select Reports from the left-side panel and click the Tracking History tab.

What is Privacy Score?

Privacy Score is a numerical value that AntiTrack assigns you based on the various settings you enable or disable in the application. The more privacy protection components you have enabled, the higher your score.

If you see a yellow or a red number, it means you have a Medium or Low Privacy Score. To improve your score, click Improve My Privacy Score, then select the Privacy Score tab. AntiTrack Premium displays options to further protect your privacy.

How can I add the Avast AntiTrack Premium browser extension?

Allow Avast AntiTrack Premium to protect your privacy online by installing the Avast AntiTrack Premium browser extension on each browser that you use. The first time you launch Avast AntiTrack Premium, it automatically checks for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers, and prompts you to install the extension. If you skip this step, or need to install the extension later, follow the instructions in the following article:

The Avast AntiTrack Premium browser extension is only compatible with the following browsers:

Internet Explorer

Microsoft Edge

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Opera

It is not possible to install and enable the Avast AntiTrack Premium browser extension on any other browser.

How can I clear cookies?

You can configure Avast AntiTrack Premium to clear cookies from your internet browsers automatically. Follow the steps below to ensure that cookies are regularly removed from your internet browsers:

Double-click the Avast AntiTrack Premium icon on your desktop, or on your Windows taskbar, to open the user interface.

Select My Tracks from the left-side panel.

Use the Cookie Clearing drop-down menu next to your chosen browser to select how often cookies are automatically cleared.

Cookies for the selected browser will now clear automatically as configured.

To clear cookies from a selected browser, it is necessary for the browser to be closed. If the browser is open when cookies are scheduled to be cleared, you will see a popup advising you to close the selected browser.

From My Tracks, it is also possible to clear Browsing Data, ensure that cookies are never removed from certain websites by placing them on your Whitelist, and view how many cookies have been cleared during the current week.

How can I clear Browsing Data?

Double-click the Avast AntiTrack Premium icon on your desktop, or on your Windows taskbar, to open the user interface.

Select My Tracks from the left-side panel.

Click Clear Data next to your chosen browser.

Tick the boxes next to types of data that you would like to remove, or tick the box next to Select all to remove all types of browsing data.

Optionally, tick the box next to Save my settings. If this box is ticked, Avast AntiTrack Premium remembers which types of data you want to remove and these boxes will be ticked automatically every time you click Clear Data.

Why did I receive the error message 'The activation code could not be found'?

This error message indicates that you have entered an activation code which was not found in our database. Ensure there is not a typo in the code, or copy your activation code directly from your order confirmation email and paste it into the program. If you continue to see the error message, contact Avast Support.

Why do I see the alert message 'Action required' while inserting an activation code?

This error message indicates that you have entered your activation code in an incorrect format. The proper format consists of 5 segments of 4 letters, divided by hyphens (-). Ensure that there is not a typo in the code, or copy your activation code directly from your order confirmation email and paste it into the program. If you continue to see the error message, contact Avast Support.

Why did I receive the error message 'There was an issue installing SQL Server Compact'?

This error message is caused by a corrupted or outdated Microsoft .NET Framework. You can solve this issue by reinstalling your Microsoft .NET framework. For detailed instructions, refer to the following article:

What should I do if Avast AntiTrack Premium disappears from my PC after reboot?

This issue may occur if Avast AntiTrack Premium was not installed properly with elevated system privileges, for example, if you ran the setup file from a user account with insufficient rights. To resolve this issue: